Fakkeenya 24
1 Hamootatti hin hinaafin; garee isaanii taʼuus hin hawwin;
Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,
2 garaan isaanii hammina malataatii; hidhiin isaaniis rakkina odeessa.
because they are [constantly] thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak [MTY], they talk about (causing trouble/hurting someone).
3 Manni ogummaadhaan ijaarama; hubannaadhaanis jabeeffamee dhaabama;
People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by [heeding] good advice.
4 kutaawwan isaas, beekumsaan, qabeenya gatii guddaatii fi miidhagaadhaan guutamu.
By using good sense, [they are able to buy] valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.
5 Ogeessi humna guddaa qaba; beekaan namaa immoo jabina itti dabalata;
Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know [many things can accomplish more] than those who are [very] strong.
6 waraana banuuf qajeelfama, moʼannaa argachuudhaaf immoo gorsitoota hedduu si barbaachisa.
Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors.
7 Gowwaa irraa ogummaan akka malee ol fagoo dha; inni karra duratti afaan isaa hin saaqqatu.
Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not [able to] say anything [that is useful].
8 Namni hammina malu, “Maltee” jedhama.
Those who are [always] planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers.
9 Malli gowwummaa cubbuu dha; namoonnis qoostuu ni balfu.
It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of [everything that is good].
10 Ati yoo gaafa rakkinaa laafte, jabinni kee dhugumaanuu xinnaa dha!
If you [act as though] you are helpless when you have troubles, you are [truly very] weak.
11 Warra gara duʼaatti geeffamaa jiran duʼa jalaa baasi; warra ajjeefamuuf qopheeffamanis oolchi.
[If it is unjustly decided] that someone must be executed, [try hard to] rescue them [DOU].
12 Yoo ati, “Nu waan kana homaa hin beekne” jette, inni yaada namaa madaalu sun hin hubatuu? Kan lubbuu kee eegu sun waan kana hin beekuu? Inni nama hundaaf akkuma hojii isaatti gatii hin kennuu?
If you say, “I did not know anything about it, [so (it is not my concern/I did not try to help him)],” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking [IDM, RHQ], and he will certainly [RHQ] repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done.
13 Yaa ilma ko, dammi waan gaarii taʼeef nyaadhu; nadhiin dammaa sitti ni miʼaawa.
My child/son, eat honey, because it is good [for you]; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes [very] sweet.
14 Akka ogummaan lubbuu keetti miʼaawu illee beeki; ati yoo isa argatte fuul duratti abdii qabda; abdiin kees hin citu.
Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be [happy in] the future, and [God] will certainly [do for you what you are] confidently expecting him to do [LIT].
15 Akka nama seeraan hin bulleetti mana nama qajeelaa riphxee hin eeggatin; mana jireenya isaas hin saamin.
Do not be like wicked people who [hide and] wait to break into the houses of righteous/good [people] and rob/steal things.
16 Namni qajeelaan yeroo torba kufu iyyuu, deebiʼee ni kaʼaatii; namni hamaan garuu yeroo balaan itti dhufutti ni gufata.
[Even if] good people fall down seven/many times, they [always] stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked [people], it ruins/destroys them.
17 Yeroo diinni kee kufutti hin ililchin; yeroo inni gufatuttis garaan kee hin gammadin;
Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls,
18 yoo kanaa achii Waaqayyo waan kanatti ni gaddaatii; dheekkamsa isaas isa irraa deebisa.
because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and [as a result] he will not punish that enemy of yours.
19 Ati sababii jalʼootaatiif aariidhaan hin gubatin; hamootattis hin hinaafin.
Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not [SYN] envy them,
20 Namni jalʼaan fuul duratti abdii hin qabuutii; ibsaan hamootaas ni dhaama.
because [nothing good] will happen to wicked people; they are [like] a lamp that will soon be extinguished [MET].
21 Yaa ilma ko, Waaqayyoo fi mootii sodaadhu; finciltootattis hin makamin;
My child/son, revere Yahweh and [also] honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them,
22 badiisni akkuma tasaa isaanitti dhufaatii; balaa isaan lachuu fidan eenyutu beeka?
because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows [RHQ] what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them.
23 Kunneenis jechoota ogeessaa ti: Murtii kennuu irratti nama wal caalchisuun gaarii miti:
Here are more things that wise [people] have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].
24 Kan nama yakka qabuun, “Ati balleessaa hin qabdu” jedhu kam iyyuu namni isa abaara; sabnis isa balaaleffata.
If they say to people who are guilty, “You (are innocent/have not done something that is wrong),” [even] people in other nations will curse and despise them,
25 Warri nama yakka hojjetu ifatan garuu ni gammadu; eebbi guddaanis ni dhufaaf.
but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and (they will receive blessings/God will bless them).
26 Deebiin qajeelaan, akkuma hidhii dhungachuu ti.
Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends [IDM].
27 Hojii kee kan diidaa raawwadhuutii lafa qotiisaa kees qopheeffadhu; ergasii mana kee ijaarradhu.
First, do the work [that needs to be done] outside [your house], and prepare your fields, [and then plant things], and after you finish doing that, build your house.
28 Sababii tokko malee ollaa keetti dhugaa hin baʼin yookaan hidhii keetiin hin gowwoomsin.
[In the courtroom] do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not [try to] deceive [people] by what you say [MTY].
29 Ati, “Waanuma inni na godhe anis isa nan godha; waan inni hojjeteefis gatii isaa nan deebisa” hin jedhin.
Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for [the bad things that] he did to me.”
30 Ani lafa qotiisaa nama dhibaaʼaa keessa baʼee, iddoo dhaabaa wayinii nama qalbii hin qabnee keessas darbe;
One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.
31 qoraattiin lafa hunda guuteera; laftis aramaadhaan fudhatameera; dallaan dhagaas diigameera.
I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall [around the garden] had (collapsed/fallen down).
32 Ani argeen waan sana qalbeeffadhe; waanan arge sana irraas barumsa nan argadhe:
When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:
33 hirriba xinnaa; mugaatii xinnaa; xinnoo harka walitti marachuu;
[If you spend a lot of time] sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,
34 hiyyummaanis akkuma hattuutti, deegummaanis akkuma loltuu hidhateetti sitti dhufa.
[soon] you will become poor; [it will be as though] [PRS, SIM] a bandit who had a weapon in his hand [attacked you and stole all that you had].
